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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to federal, state and local law enforcement officials about sanctuary cities and efforts to combat violent crime, July 12, 2017, in Las Vegas. Sessions has vowed to appeal the latest adverse travel ban ruling directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Associated Press
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Trump administration will appeal the latest travel ban ruling directly to the Supreme Court.
A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday limited how President Donald Trump’s travel ban for certain foreigners and refugees can be applied.
The administration is choosing to bypass the San Francisco-based appeals court that has ruled against it in the case and return to the high court. Last month, the justices partially reinstated the ban affecting six Muslim-majority countries.
U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ordered the government not to enforce the ban for foreigners who have close relatives in the United States such as grandparents, grandchildren, uncles and aunts.
He also ordered that refugees who have a relationship with a refugee aid agency in the U.S. cannot be blocked.
Refugee resettlement agencies say a federal judge’s ruling on the President Donald Trump’s travel ban could bring relief to more than 24,000 refugees who had already been vetted and approved by the United States.
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